Amelia Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Long-time smallpox vaccine is destroyed CDC is replacing 12 million doses of old, more risky shot with a new one Feb. 29, 2008 The Associated Press ATLANTA - The government announced Friday that it has said goodbye to one of the world's greatest lifesavers — the original smallpox vaccine. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month made arrangements to dispose of its 12 million doses of Dryvax, and notified other health departments and the military to do the same by Feb. 29. Dryvax — produced by scraping virus off the skin of infected calves — is being replaced in federal vaccine stockpiles by a more modern product manufactured in laboratories. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23413390/ Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
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